Current Affairs Quiz-September, 2020

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The United States has recently banned eight Chinese goods including cotton, hair products, computer components and some textiles from China’s Xinjiang province.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of the U.S has stated that the products are produced using ‘Forced labour’. It also alleges that China weakens American workers and businesses by trying to import these goods into the U.S.

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China has successfully launched a solid-propellant carrier rocket from a ship in the Yellow Sea and successfully sent nine satellites into orbit.
This is the country’s second such sea-based launch mission. The tenth rocket of the Long March 11 family, the Long March 11-HY2 was launched carrying nine remote-sensing satellites belonging to the Jilin-1 Gaofen 03-1 group.

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The state government of Gujarat has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Small Industries Development Bank (SIDBI).
Under this deal, the state aims to increase self-reliance and provide capacity building and market support to the 35 lakh Micro-small-medium enterprises (MSMEs) of the state. Earlier, Rajasthan had partnered with SIDBI to develop MSME ecosystem.

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The Environment Ministerial Meeting of the G20 countries was conducted under the Presidency of Saudi Arabia. The meeting was held in a virtual mode.
India was represented by Union Environment Minister, Prakash Javadekar. The meeting focused on various social and economic issues such as anti-corruption, climate, agriculture, digital economy, education etc.

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The Bill named ‘The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020’, was passed by a voice vote in Rajya Sabha.
It seeks to grant the status of an ‘Institution of national importance’ to the Jamnagar-based cluster of Ayurveda institutes in Gujarat: Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Gulabkunwerba Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya and Institute of Ayurveda Pharmaceutical Sciences.

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The Government of Bangladesh has decided to export Hilsa fish to India on a limited scale.
This is in view of the forthcoming Durga Puja. The country’s commerce ministry has permitted nine exporters to export 1500 tonnes of Hilsa to India. Bangladesh imposed a ban on the export of Hilsa in 2012.

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In the latest edition of the World Bank’s annual Human Capital Index, India has been ranked at the 116th position.
The index ranks countries on the basis of key components of human capital. India’s score increased to 0.49 from its earlier score of 0.44 in 2018. This year, the index includes health and education data for 174 countries, up to March 2020. It also reveals that more than 1 billion children are out of school.

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The Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani has recently announced subsidy schemes for electric two-wheelers and e-rickshaws.
The schemes aim to encourage the use of electric vehicles to prevent air pollution. The Chief Minister announced the subsidy as a “Panchsheel gift” of five development schemes in Gujarat. Under the scheme, Students will get a subsidy of Rs 12,000 to buy e-scooters.

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In order to improve the prescription practices among India’s medical graduates, a free online course has been launched by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).
The course named ‘Prescribing Skills for Indian Medical Graduates’ will be offered by National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai. Medical Council of India (MCI) has made the course compulsory for postgraduates.

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Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has recently lifted the ban of movement of onion supplies, that were already contracted for by the importers of Bangladesh.
Earlier, the DGFT banned all exports of Onion following shortage and sudden increase in prices in the domestic market. After Bangladesh had formally complained about the exports of the commodity, India has lifted the ban.